Research and Planning: Music magazine cover analysis 2

Here is a VIBE magazine. This magazine is aimed at an audience that is interested in Hip-Hop and Rap music. The age range that this music is aimed to is teenagers and young adults. On the magazine we can see that the masthead is large. The colour scheme of the masthead is just red.The masthead is a block font which shows that it is to do with rap. The main image is a medium longshot. The main image shows Akon having no emotion on his facial expressions. This is to show that he is confiednt in what he does and he is showing that he is better than everyone else. The colour scheme of the magazine cover is black, red and gold. The magazine cover needs to stick to only three colours on the cover to make it simple. The coverlines on this magazine cover are naming artists like 'Ne-Yo and Robin Thicke' to tell the user of the magazine who will be inside the magazine. One specific coverline has a large font than anyothers, this is so the user knows who the artist is on the front of the magazine cover and which artist the magazine issue is aiming at, for this magazine it is Akon. The coverlines also tell the user what will be in the magazine for example 'How to save mixtapes?'. This is tell the user the main contents of the magazine. The magazine has an issue date at the bottom left hand corner. This is to make the magazine look professional but also tell the user when the magazine was made. Also in the left hand corner is a barcode and price. This is to tell the user the price of the magazine. This makes the magazine look professional.